Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 19: Performing the Puḿsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.19.21

etena pūjā-vidhinā

māsān dvādaśa hāyanam

nītvāthoparamet sādhvī

kārtike carame 'hani

SYNONYMS

etena — with this; pūjā-vidhinā — regulated worship; māsān dvādaśa — twelve months; hāyanama year; nītvā — after passing; atha — then; uparamet — should fast; sādhvī — the chaste wife; kārtikein Kārttika; carame ahani — on the final day.

TRANSLATION

The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika [October-November].

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